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A possible case of renal osteodystrophy in a skeleton from medieval Wharram Percy, England

✍ Scribed by S. Mays; G. Turner-Walker

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 531 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 1047-482X
DOI: 10.1002/oa.941

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Abstract

The skeletal remains of a child aged 13–15 years, recovered from Wharram Percy, England, and dating from AD 960–1700, were examined using gross observation, radiography and scanning electron microscopy. Lesions suggestive of renal osteodystrophy were found. Palaeopathological recognition of renal disease has hitherto relied upon the identification of soft tissue lesions or the presence of urinary calculi. This appears to be the first palaeopathological identification of renal insufficiency on the basis of skeletal changes alone. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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